Adobe® LiveCycle™ Document Security 7.0 Section 508

Keyboard navigation is provided for all menu commands in Adobe Reader 7.0.

All keyboard navigation available in Adobe Reader 7.0 is also available in the Adobe Acrobat 7.0 products.

Contiguous selection of text, keyboard shortcuts, arrow navigation, and other features enable users to navigate through menus, toolbars, navigation panels, dialog boxes, the document window, and other parts of the Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 interface without using a mouse.

Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 provide onscreen indication of current focus that moves among interactive interface elements as the input focus changes.

One exception is that when assistive technology is running, it is possible to tab to read-only form fields, and there is no visual indication of focus for read-only combo boxes or list boxes.

In Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 for Windows®, focus is programmatically exposed through the Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) application programming interface (API) and through publicly documented product-specific interfaces.

Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 do not override user-selected contrast and color settings when they are available in the operating system.

Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 for Windows also have the ability to automatically adopt the color and contrast settings of the Windows operating system in the Acrobat user interface and in the display of an Adobe PDF file.

Generally, Adobe PDF files are not used for the creation and distribution of animated content.

However, Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 provide support for JavaScript, which could be used by the creator of an Adobe PDF file to animate elements on a page. Creators of Adobe PDF files should make sure any animation is done in a manner that is consistent with the standard.

Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 have the ability to display multimedia files, such as Quicktime movies, Windows Media® files, or Flash files. Both products also allow users to set preferences for multimedia content embedded in PDF files. These settings allow users to show subtitles (when available), play dubbed audio (when available), show supplemental text captions (when available), and show audio description, video description, or descriptive video (when available).

Adobe advises customers to review the accessibility options of these multimedia software products to determine if such content in an Adobe PDF file will meet their accessibility objectives.

Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 for Windows support MSAA-compliant screen readers and other assistive technologies to access the information, field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of Adobe PDF forms when those forms have been authored in a manner that optimizes them for accessibility.

Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 for Windows have built-in features that enable people with motor impairments, low vision, and other disabilities, excluding blindness, to interact with, complete, and submit forms through the use of keyboard navigation.

The Adobe PDF 1.4 specification provides the ability to encode text equivalents for nontextual information, such as graphics and images, and to provide expanded textual descriptions for elements such as form fields or abbreviations.

These text equivalents can be exposed to assistive technologies through the support of an MSAA interface or product-specific interfaces in Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 for Windows.

The Adobe PDF 1.5 specification enables customers to provide markup for tables in an Adobe PDF file, including table rows, header cells, and data cells. Row span and column span attributes and heading attributes can be used to define more complex relationships within tables.

If the author defines table rows, header cells, and data cells in the application, Adobe Reader and Acrobat will automatically make that information available to assistive technology.

Refer to response to Section 1194.22 (g).

This markup is made available through product-specific, publicly documented interfaces.

Acrobat 7.0 Standard and Professional include the ability to create and embed JavaScript in a PDF file, which could be used to display content or create interface elements in Acrobat 7.0 and Adobe Reader 7.0.

Adobe cautions creators of PDF files against using JavaScript in a way that displays new content or creates new interface elements.

Provides direct support for assistive technologies via the MSAA API for Windows and via product-specific, publicly documented interfaces. MSAA lets Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 integrate with assistive technology products.

Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 provide direct support for users with low vision through equivalent facilitation, with such features as Read Out Loud, high-contrast viewing, and the ability to zoom in and reflow text on the screen.

Provides direct support for assistive technologies via the MSAA API for Windows and via product-specific, publicly documented interfaces. MSAA lets Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 integrate with assistive technology products.

Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 provide direct support for users with low vision through equivalent facilitation, with such features as Read Out Loud, high-contrast viewing, and the ability to zoom in and reflow text on the screen.

Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 do not require user hearing in order to operate the software.

Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 support the ability to play audio files, such as WAV or QuickTime files, which may be embedded in Adobe PDF files.

Creators of Adobe PDF files should make sure any timed responses are implemented in a manner that is consistent with this provision of the Section 508 Standard.

Keyboard navigation is provided for all menu commands and other functionality in Adobe Reader 7.0 and Acrobat 7.0 Elements. All keyboard navigation available in Adobe Reader 7.0 is also available in Acrobat 7.0 Standard and Professional. Accessibility to keyboard commands that require modifier keys is supported through operating system features such as sticky keys.

Some functions in Acrobat 7.0 Standard and Professional, such as freehand drawing tools for electronic markup of Adobe PDF files and creation of hyperlinks, are not keyboard accessible.

Adobe provides electronic versions of all product support documentation, with mechanisms available for the conversion of these documents to alternate formats.

Adobe provides electronic versions of all product support documentation, with mechanisms available for the conversion of these documents to alternate formats.